Carroll v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

The evidence presented by the state shows that while not legally married to her, the appellant lived in the city of Fort Worth, with his co-principal, Doris Jean Bowman, and her two daughters, Doris June and Paula Jeanette, age two.

On the night of March 3, 1964, appellant appeared at a neighbor’s home around 9 *83p. m., carrying the nude lifeless body of Paula Jeanette in his arms. A visitor in the home proceeded to take him and the baby to St. Joseph’s Hospital.

Upon being examined in the emergency room, the child was pronounced…